UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 4)*
Synlogic, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
87166L100
(CUSIP Number)
OrbiMed Advisors LLC
OrbiMed Capital GP VI LLC
601 Lexington
Avenue, 54th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Telephone: (212) 739-6400
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
March 25, 2021
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of § 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box ☐.
Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See § 240.13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
| CUSIP No. 87166L100 | |||||
| 1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSON OrbiMed Advisors LLC |
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ☐ (b) ☐ |
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| 3 | SEC USE ONLY | ||||
| 4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) AF |
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| 5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) | ☐ | |||
| 6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware |
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NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH |
7 | SOLE VOTING POWER 0 |
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| 8 |
SHARED VOTING POWER 2,029,996 |
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| 9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 |
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| 10 |
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 2,029,996 |
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| 11 |
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 2,029,996 |
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| 12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions) |
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| 13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 5.1%* |
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| 14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions) IA |
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* This percentage is calculated based upon 39,657,841 shares of common stock outstanding of Synlogic, Inc. (the “Issuer”), as set forth in the Issuer’s Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2021.
| CUSIP No. 87166L100 | |||||
| 1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSON OrbiMed Capital GP VI LLC |
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| 2 |
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ☐ (b) ☐ |
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| 3 | SEC USE ONLY | ||||
| 4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) AF |
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| 5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) | ☐ | |||
| 6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware |
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NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH |
7 | SOLE VOTING POWER 0 |
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| 8 |
SHARED VOTING POWER 2,029,996 |
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| 9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 |
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| 10 |
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 2,029,996 |
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| 11 |
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 2,029,996 |
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| 12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions) | ☐ | |||
| 13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 5.1%* |
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| 14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions) OO |
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* This percentage is calculated based upon 39,657,841 shares of common stock outstanding of Synlogic, Inc. (the “Issuer”), as set forth in the Issuer’s Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2021.
| Item 1. | Security and Issuer |
This Amendment No. 4 (“Amendment No. 4”) to Schedule 13D supplements and amends the statement on Schedule 13D (the “Statement”) originally filed by OrbiMed Advisors LLC, OrbiMed Capital GP VI LLC, and Samuel D. Isaly with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 7, 2017, as amended by Amendment No. 1 (“Amendment No. 1”) filed with the SEC on January 26, 2018, Amendment No. 2 filed with the SEC on April 12, 2018, and Amendment No. 3 filed with the SEC on August 12, 2019 (“Amendment No. 3”). This Statement relates to the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), of Synlogic, Inc., a Delaware corporation formerly known as Mirna Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Issuer”), with its principal offices located at 301 Binney St., Suite 402, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142. The Shares are listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the ticker symbol “SYBX”. Information given in response to each item shall be deemed incorporated by reference in all other items, as applicable. As reported in Amendment No. 1, Samuel D. Isaly has ceased to be a reporting person for purposes of the Statement.
Based on the Issuer’s annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 25, 2021, there were 39,657,841 outstanding Shares as of March 18, 2021. This number is greater than the total number of outstanding Shares reported on the Issuer’s Rule 424(b)(4) Prospectus, filed with the SEC on August 8, 2019. As a result of the increase in the Issuer’s total number of outstanding Shares, the beneficial ownership of the outstanding Shares of the Issuer held by the Reporting Persons was reduced by more than 1% since the last filing.
| Item 2. | Identity and Background |
(a) This Statement is being filed by OrbiMed Advisors LLC (“Advisors”), a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware, and OrbiMed Capital GP VI LLC (“GP VI”), a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”).
(b) – (c), (f) Advisors, a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, is the managing member of GP VI, which is the general partner of OrbiMed Private Investments VI, LP (“OPI VI”), which holds Shares, as more particularly described in Item 3 below. Advisors has its principal offices at 601 Lexington Avenue, 54th Floor, New York, New York 10022.
GP VI has its principal offices at 601 Lexington Avenue, 54th Floor, New York, New York 10022.
The directors and executive officers of Advisors and GP VI are set forth on Schedules I and II, attached hereto. Schedules I and II set forth the following information with respect to each such person:
(i) name;
(ii) business address;
(iii) present principal occupation or employment and the name, principal business and address of any corporation or other organization in which such employment is conducted; and
(iv) citizenship.
(d) – (e) During the last five years, neither the Reporting Persons nor any person named in Schedule I or II have been (i) convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii) a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
| Item 3. | Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration |
Not applicable.
| Item 4. | Purpose of Transaction |
The Shares were initially acquired by the Reporting Persons for the purpose of making an investment in the Issuer and not with the intention of acquiring control of the Issuer’s business.
The Reporting Persons from time to time intend to review their investment in the Issuer on the basis of various factors, including the Issuer’s business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects, general economic and industry conditions, the securities markets in general and those for the Issuer’s Shares in particular, as well as other developments and other investment opportunities. Based upon such review, the Reporting Persons will take such actions in the future as the Reporting Persons may deem appropriate in light of the circumstances existing from time to time. If the Reporting Persons believe that further investment in the Issuer is attractive, whether because of the market price of the Shares or otherwise, they may acquire Shares or other securities of the Issuer either in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. Similarly, depending on market and other factors, the Reporting Persons may determine to dispose of some or all of the Shares currently owned by the Reporting Persons or otherwise acquired by the Reporting Persons either in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions.
Except as set forth in this Statement, the Reporting Persons have not formulated any plans or proposals which relate to or would result in: (a) the acquisition by any person of additional securities of the Issuer or the disposition of securities of the Issuer; (b) an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries; (c) a sale or transfer of a material amount of the assets of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries; (d) any change in the present Board of Directors or management of the Issuer, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the board; (e) any material change in the Issuer’s capitalization or dividend policy of the Issuer; (f) any other material change in the Issuer’s business or corporate structure; (g) any change in the Issuer’s charter or bylaws or other instrument corresponding thereto or other action which may impede the acquisition of control of the Issuer by any person; (h) causing a class of the Issuer’s securities to be deregistered or delisted from a national securities exchange or to cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association; (i) a class of equity securities of the Issuer becoming eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Act; or (j) any action similar to any of those enumerated above.
| Item 5. | Interest in Securities of the Issuer |
(a)-(b) As of the date of this filing, the Reporting Persons may be deemed, for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, directly or indirectly, including by reason of their mutual affiliation, to be the beneficial owners of the Shares described in Item 6 below Based upon information contained in the Issuer’s Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2021, such Shares deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons constitutes approximately 5.1% of the issued and outstanding Shares. Advisors, pursuant to its authority as the managing member of GP VI, the general partner of OPI VI, may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own the Shares held by OPI VI. GP VI, pursuant to its authority as the general partner of OPI VI, may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own the Shares held by OPI VI. As a result, Advisors and GP VI share the power to direct the vote and to direct the disposition of the Shares held by OPI VI. Advisors exercises this investment and voting power through a management committee comprised of Carl L. Gordon, Sven H. Borho, and Jonathan T. Silverstein, each of whom disclaims beneficial ownership of the Shares held by OPI VI.
(c) The Reporting Persons have not effected any transactions in the Shares during the past sixty (60) days.
(d) Not applicable.
(e) Not applicable.
| Item 6. | Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationship with Respect to Securities of the Issuer |
In addition to the relationships between the Reporting Persons described in Items 2 and 5 above, GP VI is the general partner of OPI VI, pursuant to the terms of the limited partnership agreement of OPI VI. Advisors is the managing member of GP VI, pursuant to the terms of the limited liability company agreement of GP VI. Pursuant to these agreements and relationships, Advisors and GP VI have discretionary investment management authority with respect to the assets of OPI VI. Such authority includes the power of GP VI to vote and otherwise dispose of securities purchased by OPI VI. The number of Shares attributable to OPI VI is 2,029,996. Advisors and GP VI may each be considered to hold indirectly 2,029,996 Shares.
Chau Khuong (“Khuong”), an employee at Advisors, has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Issuer since September 2013, and, accordingly, the Reporting Persons may have the ability to affect and influence control of the Issuer. From time to time, Khuong may receive additional stock options or other awards of equity-based compensation pursuant to the Issuer’s compensation arrangements for non-employee directors. Khuong is obligated to transfer any Shares issued under any such stock options or other awards, or the economic benefit thereof, to the Reporting Persons, which will in turn ensure that such shares or economic benefits are provided to OPI VI.
| Item 7. | Materials to Be Filed as Exhibits |
| Exhibit | Description |
| 1. | Joint Filing Agreement among OrbiMed Advisors LLC, and OrbiMed Capital GP VI LLC. |
Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
| Dated: March 29, 2021 | ORBIMED ADVISORS LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Carl L. Gordon | ||
| Name: Carl L. Gordon | |||
| Title: Member | |||
| ORBIMED CAPITAL GP VI LLC | |||
| By: | ORBIMED ADVISORS LLC, its managing member | ||
| Member of OrbiMed Advisors LLC | |||
| By: | /s/ Carl L. Gordon | ||
| Carl L. Gordon | |||
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Member of OrbiMed Advisors LLC
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SCHEDULE I
The names and present principal occupations of each of the executive officers and directors of OrbiMed Advisors LLC are set forth below. Unless otherwise noted, each of these persons is a United States citizen and has a business address of 601 Lexington Avenue, 54th Floor, New York, NY 10022.
| Name | Position with Reporting Person | Principal Occupation |
| Carl L. Gordon | Member |
Member OrbiMed Advisors LLC |
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Sven H. Borho German and Swedish Citizen |
Member |
Member OrbiMed Advisors LLC |
| Jonathan T. Silverstein | Member |
Member OrbiMed Advisors LLC |
| W. Carter Neild | Member |
Member OrbiMed Advisors LLC |
| Geoffrey C. Hsu | Member |
Member OrbiMed Advisors LLC |
| C. Scotland Stevens | Member |
Member OrbiMed Advisors LLC |
| David P. Bonita | Member |
Member OrbiMed Advisors LLC |
| Trey Block | Chief Financial Officer |
Chief Financial Officer OrbiMed Advisors LLC |
SCHEDULE II
The business and operations of OrbiMed Capital GP VI LLC are managed by the executive officers and directors of its managing member, OrbiMed Advisors LLC, set forth in Schedule I attached hereto.
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit | Description |
| 1. | Joint Filing Agreement among OrbiMed Advisors LLC and OrbiMed Capital GP VI LLC. |
Exhibit 1
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
The undersigned hereby agree that the Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D, dated March 29, 2021, with respect to the ordinary shares of Synlogic, Inc. is filed on behalf of each of us pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Each of the undersigned agrees to be responsible for the timely filing of this Statement, and for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning itself contained therein. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the 29th day of March 2021.
| ORBIMED ADVISORS LLC | |||
| By: | /s/ Carl L. Gordon | ||
| Name: Carl L. Gordon | |||
| Title: Member | |||
| ORBIMED CAPITAL GP VI LLC | |||
| By: | ORBIMED ADVISORS LLC, its managing member | ||
| By: | /s/ Carl L. Gordon | ||
| Carl L. Gordon | |||
| Member of OrbiMed Advisors LLC | |||